Before Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) announced his bid for the 2016 presidential race, there was only one supporter of Common Core standards among more than a dozen candidates in the GOP field — former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Bush’s enthusiasm for Common Core standards has been tempered at best as he struggles to find the right tone to speak on a subject that is popular to admonish among far-right conservatives, who argue they represent a “federal takeover” of education.